The Boy With the Arab Strap
Belle And Sebastian"The Boy With the Arab Strap" is a song by Belle And Sebastian, released in 1998 in the Pop genre. The song is 5:01 long and contains 42 lines and 331 words.
0:02The Boy With the Arab Strap - Belle and Sebastian (贝尔与塞贝斯蒂安)
0:21A mile and a half on a bus takes a long time
0:25The odour of old prison food takes a long time to pass you by
0:35Day upon day of this wandering gets you down
0:38Nobody gives you a chance or a dollar in this old town
0:48Hovering silence from you is a giveaway
0:52Squalor and smoke's not your style
0:53I don't like this place
0:55We better go
1:02Then I compare notes with your older sister
1:05I am a lazy gett she is as pure as the cold driven snow
1:29What did you learn from your time in the solitary
1:32Cell of your mind
1:33There was noises distractions from anything good
1:39And the old prison food
1:43Colour my life with the chaos of trouble
1:46'Cause anything's better than posh isolation
1:49I missed the bus
1:52You were laid on your back
1:54With the boy with the arab strap
2:01With the boy from the arab strap
2:56Something to speak of the way you are feeling
3:00To crowds there assembled
3:01Do you ever feel you have gone too far
3:10Everyone suffers in silence a burden
3:13The man who drives minicabs down in Old Compton
3:17The Asian man
3:19With his love hate affair
3:21With his racist clientele
3:30A central location for you is a must
3:33As you stagger about making free with your lewd and lascivious boasts
3:43We all know you are soft 'cause we've all seen you dancing
3:46We all know you are hard 'cause we all saw you drinking from noon
3:50Until noon again
3:55You're the boy with the filthy laugh
4:01You're the boy with the arab strap
4:37Strapped to the table with suits from the shelter shop
4:41Comic celebrity takes a back seat as the cigarette catches
4:48And sets off the smoke alarm
4:51What do you make of the cool set in London
4:55You're constantly updating your hit parade of your ten biggest wanks
5:01She's a waitress and she's got style
The Boy With the Arab Strap - Belle and Sebastian (贝尔与塞贝斯蒂安) A mile and a half on a bus takes a long time The odour of old prison food takes a long time to pass you by Day upon day of this wandering gets you down Nobody gives you a chance or a dollar in this old town Hovering silence from you is a giveaway Squalor and smoke's not your style I don't like this place We better go Then I compare notes with your older sister I am a lazy gett she is as pure as the cold driven snow What did you learn from your time in the solitary Cell of your mind There was noises distractions from anything good And the old prison food Colour my life with the chaos of trouble 'Cause anything's better than posh isolation I missed the bus You were laid on your back With the boy with the arab strap With the boy from the arab strap Something to speak of the way you are feeling To crowds there assembled Do you ever feel you have gone too far Everyone suffers in silence a burden The man who drives minicabs down in Old Compton The Asian man With his love hate affair With his racist clientele A central location for you is a must As you stagger about making free with your lewd and lascivious boasts We all know you are soft 'cause we've all seen you dancing We all know you are hard 'cause we all saw you drinking from noon Until noon again You're the boy with the filthy laugh You're the boy with the arab strap Strapped to the table with suits from the shelter shop Comic celebrity takes a back seat as the cigarette catches And sets off the smoke alarm What do you make of the cool set in London You're constantly updating your hit parade of your ten biggest wanks She's a waitress and she's got style
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